MADDOX STREET GALLERY.
THE most prominent objects in this collection consist of seven fresco paint- ings by PAUL VERONESE, which are grand in design, and in excellent pre- servation; a circumstance not a little extraordinary, when the difficulty of transferring fresco paintings from the plaster on which they were originally painted, to canvass, is considered. The method was only discovered in 1817, and has been successfully employed to preserve many valuable works. Our limits prevent our entering into a detailed account of these great works, and we must be content with recommending .them to the notice of artists and connoisseurs. The pictures which constitute the other part of this ex- hibition will be more generally appreciated. The "Smoker's Joke," by DAVID TENIERS, and "The Bowl Players," by D. TEntEns, jun. are two perfect specimens of those masters. "Bathsheba," by Chevalier VAN. DERWERF, a highly finished picture and beautifully coloured ; " Ecarte," by METzu ; an Interior, by BEGA ; and "Dmdalus and Icarus," by VAN TYSSENS, are also admirable. Some landscapes by our own WILSON and GATHSBOROUGH are deserving of particular attention : indeed there is scarcely a picture in the gallery but will repay examination.
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